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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Issues with the current free to play model (The Bazaar)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I see. Sorry for the off-topic response then!

  It’s a shame that multiplayer games really struggle with paid models these days. It heavily cut into a player base if things aren’t free to play. That kind of forces all but the biggest releases to turn to other monetization models in order to keep the base game free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Issues with the current free to play model (The Bazaar)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s tough with card games because they come from a physical form of lootboxes. Being expensive is kind of baked into their lineage. Collecting cards is a big part of the fun, and if you made it very easy to do I think it’s hard to say whether people would enjoy them as much.

  I don’t play any collectible card games anymore because I don’t want to pay for it anymore, but there is something very entertaining about the model even if it’s easy to argue it’s a scummy business model by today’s standards.

  I haven’t looked into this game beyond your description, but it does sound like a pretty weird model. Do you also have to pay for cards on top of that?

  I remember kind of disliking the arena system in hearthstone because I liked the game mode a lot, but as a casual player it was really hard to get to play it much. I guess they wanted to keep people from spending all their time there since you didn’t need to buy cards to play. I much preferred magic arena’s drafts where you pay an upfront cost but get to keep all the cards you played with. Much more accessible for casual players and more satisfying, too, since you always get something out of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calculatable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean CE doesnt stand for “clear everything”? And here I thought more letters meant more clearing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Clumsy, Preachy Political Messaging Does More Harm Than Good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This article perfectly sums up the issues with this way of writing. Unfortunately people often don’t acknowledge the nuance there, and will jump down this reviewer’s throat for the take I imagine.

  It’s icing on the cake that apparently there was even an in-lore term for something like a trans character of this species that they didn’t use. That makes it seem like they didn’t even study their own lore well enough. Never what you want to be thinking about a writing team. 🫤

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seeking input on .io ccTLD removal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Programmers in shambles

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Congrats on the release!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah but the one accessory she usually removed was the little swastika pin.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One per email is all you get!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wish I could have a tractor car.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My god they’re hideous!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not likely to be AI-generated or Deepfake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a sort of… Sheen, to a lot AI images. Obviously you can prompt this away if you know what you’re doing, but its developing a bit of a look to my eye when people don’t do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Castlevania to get official stage adaptation by Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t wait to see the third act where alucard gets stun locked by gold Medusa heads in the clocktower

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GORILLA GORILLA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  tap a face to tag

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portal 2 project lead wants Valve to return to single-player games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monke⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What kind of dog is that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'd have to hear her argument, but...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, are you telling me marvel isn’t thought through all the way?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Lemmy an effective alternative to Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has a long way to go but it’s a good start. The community is very homogenous right now (maybe excluding some of the mainly politically focused servers). It’s predominantly male tech people right now and it shows in what is active and the general vibes of discussions. My hope is not only for more niche communities to grow, but also for a lot more diversity of interests and of people in general. We need more women’s voices on here for sure. I miss that diversity from reddit. Things have been steadily, if slowly, growing so far from what I can tell, so hopefully over time all this will improve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet, every October⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  North A-scare-ica (I’m sorry)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This could be us⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, those were some impressive effects!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re tribalists, not idealists. In other words, it’s on their side now so they don’t mind. I see a lot of people always attacking the double standard aspect, but its not the point. They don’t mind double standards, they just want their tribe to win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unity Cutting About 1,800 People In Company's Largest Layoff⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And by core business they mean their ad platform presumably.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Context: I like immersion and getting the most out of a game’s systems.

  I see someone said the opposite, but I’d recommend playing the one difficulty above normal. If you don’t you’ll barely ever need to interact with some parts of the game like the alchemy system.

  Also the game lets you heavily customize the interface. I personally hate being led around by a dotted line/arrow, so if you feel the same know you can turn all of that off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do phone apps update all the time but nothing seems to change?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its pretty crazy. I was very taken aback by the email. Dev accounts aren’t even free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do phone apps update all the time but nothing seems to change?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see a lot of the other reasons mentioned, but one I don’t: on android you are required to release updates at least every year-ish or they will completely delete your developer account and app.

  Source: got that message recently for an app I made and haven’t had a reason to update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Little Big Planet 3 and all LBP series DLC will be removed from the PlayStation Store October 31st⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To this day LBP 1 has some of the most incredible level design I’ve ever seen. I know some of the later entries had wilder stuff going on, but the original limiting itself to almost entirely using basic blocks and shapes with visible logic switches/machines, was so magical to me as an aspiring game dev. It was like they were putting their money where their mouth was. You can create stuff this crazy, too, because we just built it out of basic shapes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day of the Tentacle – Game Dependency Graph⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve sent me down a rabbit hole with these. Super cool!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alien: Isolation Sequel Has Been Officially Confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a very tall order to follow, but best of luck to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day of the Tentacle – Game Dependency Graph⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are there others of these for different games? As far as I can see some of the connection types in the legend never appear (or I’m just blind)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the PC gaming industry still use such deceptive pricing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t owned a Nintendo console for many years now because I kept waiting for the cost to go down (it never has).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Opinion] Why do so many cozy games suck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! I’d love to hear what you think. 😄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top EU Court’s Advisor Explains Why Video Game Cheats Are Not Copyright Infringement⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m now picturing lawyers aggressively humming at their hands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon solves a mystery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve watched enough catfish, OP might be in hard denial.